#A9A11C#A9A11C

#A9A11C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.141 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A11C
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 28)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -11.18, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 63.98, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0383 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.141 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3180, 34.0098, 6.1186)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A11C #1C24A9

analogous

#A95A1C #A9A11C #6AA91C

triadic

#A9A11C #1CA9A1 #A11CA9

tetradic

#A9A11C #1CA95A #1C24A9 #A91C6A

square

#A9A11C #1CA95A #1C24A9 #A91C6A

split-complementary

#A9A11C #1C6AA9 #5A1CA9

monochromatic

#403D0B #746F13 #A9A11C #DBD127 #E4DC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A9A11C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A9A11C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A11C

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A11C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A11C	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a11c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.141 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc67',
    500: '#a9a11c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a11c;
$custom-light: #c7bc67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a11c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6942,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A11C

secondary

#595FC8

accent

#44EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A11C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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